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ultrasound
Added: 23 days ago.
Added by: tanika
Section: Pregnancy.
Status: This question is Closed. (Questions will be closed after 10 days.)


hey everyone i am 5 weeks and 4 days pregnant with my second baby yesterday i found out i was pregnant and i had an ultrasound but they couldnt find the babys heartbeat they said its normal but it scared me that she couldnt find it has this happened to anyone else? does everyone else think its normal?

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lady26 - 15 days ago Rating: 3 (2 votes)
You cannot hear the heartbeat until at least 6wks. It's too early

Baby3OnWay - 15 days ago Rating: 3 (1 votes)
same answer

MelissaJoanne - 16 days ago Rating: 5 (1 votes)
That is a VERY small baby. It is normal to not find a heartbeat already.

niki - 16 days ago Rating: 5 (1 votes)
It could just be abit too early.... i only got my pregnancy confirmed bout that time and on my first appointment to the midwife i was scanned bout 7 weeks... i was almost 13 weeks before they listened for babys heartbeat and i was warned at that time that it isnt always possible to get it clear because of the size of the baby. Hope this has given you some reassurance. take care x

lmo - 22 days ago Rating: 4 (1 votes)
yes it is normal it took my doctor a little while to find my daughters heart beat

gr8scottswife - 23 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes)
See other comment.

UKMama - 23 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes)
It's perfectly reasonable not to hear the heartbeat so early on. With your baby still so dinky, it isn't that unusual to not see the heart itself just yet either. But they and you did see a baby. So, yippee and congratulations! You're a mum!

captshelley - 23 days ago Rating: 0 (0 votes)
I didn't get a heartbeat until around 8 weeks

mommy-of-3 - 23 days ago Rating: 5 (1 votes)
When I was 7 weeks they couldn't pick the baby up on regular ultrasound, I ended up having a transvaginal one but then they saw him.

eastern-Canadian-Lady - 23 days ago Rating: 4 (1 votes)
It happened to me at 18 weeks, the doc used the doppler for about 10 minutes trying to find it, with no luck I was upset too. My baby is fine, just hiding that day I think. Hope this helps you to not worry so much, E-C-L

lizzie287 - 23 days ago Rating: 5 (1 votes)
I'm pretty sure I read that the heartbeat isn't detectable until something like week 8. Don't worry too much just yet.

brittany1621 - 23 days ago Rating: 5 (2 votes)
It's completely normal and expected to not hear a heart beat this early. I was around 9 weeks when they finally saw it on the ultrasound. Don't worry it will be soon and congrats!!!

njstewy - 23 days ago Rating: 5 (1 votes)
your baby is extremely small right now. .I don't know when they could acculatly see the heart but it might not be for another week or two. .I know that you really can't hear it until around week 11